Judges 5:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. ”

Judges 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Butter - Rather curdled milk, probably a fermented and intoxicating drink. All these marks of respect and friendship would lull Sisera into security.
Judges 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth (s) butter in a lordly dish. (s) Some read churned milk in a great cup.
Judges 5:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Blessing of Jael. Jael's deed is unhesitatingly and emphatically approved. While the oppressor of Israel stood in her tent, drinking the milk she gave him, she suddenly felled him to the earth...
Judges 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

butter. See note on Judges 4:19 .
Judges 5:25 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 264 JAEL AND SISERA Judges 5:24-27 . Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. He asked water, and she gave him mil...
Judges 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. She brought forth butter - As the word חמאה chemah, here translated butter, signifies disturbed, agitated, etc.,...
Judges 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Butter , х chem'aah ( H2529 ), curdled milk; Septuagint, bouturon: a favourite beverage in the East]. Josep...
Judges 5:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deborah's Triumph Song This song celebrates the victory of Judges 4 but from the point of view, not of a later annalist, but of a contemporary poet—very possibly (though see Judges 5:12 ) the p...
Judges 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Butter. — Rather, curdled milk. In a lordly dish. — Rather, in a dish of the nobles: sephel, a splendid bowl, reserved for great occasions. All this was done to lull his suspicions into a fals...
Judges 5:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DEBORAH'S SONG: A DIVINE VISION Judges 5:1-31 THE song of Deborah and Barak is twofold, the first portion, ending with the eleventh verse, a chant of rising hope and pious encouragement during...
Judges 5:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

at the Mercy of Midian Judges 5:24-31 ; Judges 6:1-6 What a contrast our reading suggests between those that love the Lord and go from strength to strength in the undimming luster and influenc...
Judges 5:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have preserved for us the great song of Deborah, composed and sung in celebration of the victory. It is full of fire and passion and is a remarkable index to the character of the woman hersel...
Judges 5:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a very high commendation hath the Holy Ghost been pleased to bestow on Jael? There is but one beside of whom the same is said, and the occasion is yet concerning a much greater deliverance, see...
Judges 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He asked water, and she gave him milk ,.... That is, Sisera asked it of her, as the Targum expresses it, when he turned into her tent: she brought him fresh butter in a lordly dish ; which signifi...
Judges 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He asked water, [and] she gave [him] milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Ver. 25. She gave him milk. ] See Judges 4:19 . Butter in a lordly dish. ] Butter to eat, as well as milk...
Judges 5:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He asked water , &c. The original here is very poetical and elegant, and not badly imitated in our translation of it, if it were placed in hemistics thus: He asked water, and she gave milk;...
Judges 5:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARAK (vv.1-31) To celebrate God's great victory over Canaan, Deborah and Barak sang a remarkable song. Since Deborah's name is mentioned first, it seems likely that she...
Judges 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

24 Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a...
Judges 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Butter, or, cream , i.e. the choicest of her milk; so the same thing is repeated in differing words. In a lordly dish; which you are not to understand of such a stately and costly dish as the lu...
Judges 5:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursed and the Blessed ( Judges 5:23-27 ). Judges 5:23 “Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh, Curse you bitterly (literally ‘curse cursing') its inhabitants, Because they came no...
Judges 5:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CHAPTER 5— Judges 5:23-31 THE MISERABLE END OF THE WICKED CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 5:23 . Curse ye Meroz, etc.] (See above p. 285.) No fellow creature may presume to pronounce a curse on anoth...
Judges 5:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:4 . When thou wentest out of Seir. God came from Teman, in Seir; he covered the heavens with his glory, and the earth was full of his praise. Zechariah 3:3 . In like manner he now arose...
Judges 5:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed above women shall Jael . .. be. The blessing of Jael And whose lips are they which pronounce this blessing? Indeed, it is Deborah the prophetess who sings this song; it is Deborah, b...
Judges 5:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Judges 5:1 Then sang Deborah , etc. The ode which follows was doubtless the composition of Deborah the prophetess, and was sung by her (as the gender of the Hebrew verb indicate...
Judges 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat and Death of Sisera
Judges 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 4:19-21
Judges 5:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Butter — Or, cream, that is, the choicest of her milk: so the same thing is repeated in different words. Lordly dish — Which you are not to understand of such a costly dish as the luxury of after a...

Judges 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Judges 5:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Judges 5:25 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Judges 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judges 5:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Judges 5:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judges 5:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Judges 5:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judges 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Judges 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Judges 5:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judges 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Judges 5:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Judges 5:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Judges 5:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Judges 5:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

Judges 5:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Judges 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Judges 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 5:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes